Hands-On Start to Wolfram Mathematica: And Programming with the Wolfram Language

Description

For more than 25 years, Mathematica has been the principal computation environment for millions of innovators, educators, students, and others around the world. This book is an introduction to Mathematica. The goal is to provide a hands-on experience introducing the breadth of Mathematica with a focus on ease of use. Readers get detailed instruction with examples for interactive learning and end-of-chapter exercises. Each chapter also contains authors' tips from their combined 50+ years of Mathematica use. Contents......Page 2 Introduction......Page 3 Part I The Complete Overview......Page 5 Chapter 1 The Very Basics......Page 7 Chapter 2 A Sample Project in Mathematica......Page 15 Chapter 3 Input and Output......Page 25 Chapter 4 Word Processing and Typesetting......Page 47 Chapter 5 Presenting with Slide Shows......Page 63 Chapter 6 Fundamentals of the Wolfram Language......Page 77 Chapter 7 Creating Interactive Models with a Single Command......Page 97 Chapter 8 Sharing Mathematica Notebooks......Page 119 Chapter 9 Finding Help......Page 129 Part II Extending Knowledge......Page 137 Chapter 10 2D and 3D Graphics......Page 139 Chapter 11 Visualizing Data......Page 161 Chapter 12 Styling and Customizing Graphics......Page 183 Chapter 13 Creating Figures and Diagrams with Graphics Primitives......Page 217 Chapter 14 Algebraic Manipulation and Equation Solving......Page 237 Chapter 15 Calculus......Page 249 Chapter 16 Differential Equations......Page 265 Chapter 17 Linear Algebra......Page 275 Chapter 18 Probability and Statistics......Page 293 Chapter 19 Importing and Exporting Data......Page 309 Chapter 20 Data Filtering and Manipulation......Page 331 Chapter 21 Working with Curated Data......Page 363 Chapter 22 Using Wolfram|Alpha Data in Mathematica......Page 397 Chapter 23 Statistical Functionality for Data Analysis......Page 423 Chapter 24 Creating Programs......Page 441 Chapter 25 Creating Parallel and GPU Programs......Page 463 Index......Page 481